Think Wyoming No. 1 Business Friendly Tax Climate Tax Foundation (2014, 2015) Think Wyoming Think about all the State of Wyoming has to offer
yoming is rich in credit rating year in and year out. 24/7 natural resources and Wall Street calls Wyoming the Second W American West heritage. Best Run State in the Country. And Its landscape is as varied as its energy counter to these often acrimonious resources. Windswept prairies and political times, a Gallup poll ranks flat croplands yield to large expanses Wyoming No. 2 for Highest Rate of of sagebrush steppe and majestic Trust in State Government (76 percent). mountains. World-class destinations such as Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming government’s polished open spaces are enjoyed by residents, business practices spill over to its businesses and visitors alike. favorable business climate. The Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States That’s only half the story. report ranks Wyoming No. 2.
Wyoming consistently receives high There are no state income and inventory marks for state management and deep taxes in Wyoming. Sales and property financial reserves, which, in turn, provides taxes are low, as are operating costs. business owners a reliable, collaborative environment in which to work. Wyoming’s open-door access to legislators and the Governor is especially The Wyoming Legislature is statutorily attractive to startup companies in required to maintain a balanced budget highly regulated industries. This access, and the state has an approximately $16 coupled with numerous grant, loan billion savings. Solidly in the black, and incentive programs, provides Above L&H Industrial employees perform Wyoming is able to invest in education businesses with key financial resources. and infrastructure critical to public precision manufacturing and repair and private business needs. Wyoming Thinking about expanding, relocating work on heavy industrial equipment. maintains a Standard and Poor’s AAA or investing? Think Wyoming.
2 | Think Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyo.
Wyoming Facts
Population: 584,153 (2014) Size: 97,814 square miles (253,348 kilometers) Capital: Cheyenne Wyoming’s Future Governor: Matthew H. Mead Wyoming hosts many world-class companies committed to producing President of the Senate: our world-class energy products. Wyoming has the infrastructure and Phil Nicholas labor force capable of exporting minerals around the world. Speaker of the House: Kermit Brown Our Goals • Develop long-term energy and investment relationships for the next 50 to 100 years. • We are committed to working with our foreign partners and ask for your long- term help. • We pledge support in providing clean Wyoming State Capitol energy to improve the quality of life and Cheyenne environment across the globe.
Think Wyoming | 3 World-Class Tourist Destination
• Teton Mountain Range • Yellowstone National Park • Devils Tower • National Forests • Hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation opportunities
4 | Think Wyoming Wyoming Billions in Savings Energy & • Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund Mining is an inviolate fund • Funded for future generations from Production constitutional, statutory and direct appropriations • Invested in equities which tend to provide #1 state in coal higher returns when energy prices are low production and economic reserves • Only interest, dividends and realized capital gains are available for expenditure #1 state in uranium production and economic reserves
#1 state in trona production and economic reserves
#1 state in bentonite production and economic reserves
#2 state in rare earth minerals Permanent Wyoming Mineral #2 state in Trust Fund Growth helium production
$7,000,000,000 #5 state in natural $6,000,000,000 gas production $5,000,000,000
#8 state in oil $4,000,000,000 production $3,000,000,000 #12 state in $2,000,000,000 wind generation $1,000,000,000 and #1 in on-shore, $0 high-capacity wind resources Fiscal Year
Think Wyoming | 5 Top 10 Energy-producing States
Onshore Energy Production
1. Texas
2. Wyoming
3. Pennsylvania
4. Louisiana
5. West Virginia
6. Oklahoma
7. Colorado
8. Illinois
9. Kentucky
10. California
Alaska, 4% Arkansas, 2% Colorado, 6% Net State Kentucky, 2% Exports Montana, 3%
New Mexico, 7% of Energy Wyoming 38% • Only 13 states produce more North Dakota, energy than they 7% consume. • Wyoming accounts Oklahoma, 6% for 38% of the net exports, including Pennsylvania, interstate exports. 5% Texas, 8% West Virginia, 13% Utah, 1%
6 | Think Wyoming Wyoming Compared to the World
Energy Production minus Consumption
1. Russia
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Wyoming
4. Indonesia
5. Norway
6. Iran
7. Australia
8. Qatar
9. Algeria
10. Nigeria
Our extractive industries produce low-cost raw minerals and energy for the world.
Wyoming Leading the Charge
• Wyoming produces more energy • None of these statistics account than the lowest-ranking for uranium mined in Wyoming, 28 states combined. the leading producer of uranium in the U.S. • Wyoming oil, gas and coal production account for more than • Energy and mineral production is 12 percent of total U.S. energy vital to Wyoming’s economy and production. employment. • Although Texas produces more • If Wyoming were its own country, energy than Wyoming, it is still a it would be the third-largest net importer of energy. Wyoming energy exporter in the world. exports 9,064 trillion BTUs. Texas net imports 1,919 trillion BTUs.
Think Wyoming | 7 Coal Export Opportunities
Prince Rupert Port Authority CANADA
Fraser Surrey Docks Westshore Gateway Pacific Terminal Terminals
Millennium Bulk Terminals Port of Morrow
Existing and Proposed Ports: Approved Ports: Gateway Pacific POWDER RIVER Terminal BASIN COAL Prince Rupert Port Authority • Cherry Point, Wash. GROSS CALORIFIC • About 50 million tons per year VALUE (GCV) RANGE • 12 million tons per year • SSA Marine • 4600Kcal/Kg to 5000
TOTAL MOISTURE (ARB) Fraser Surrey Millennium Bulk • 19.5-29.3%, Avg. 22.2% Docks Terminals ASH CONTENT (ADB) • Longview, Wash. • 6.6-15.7%, Avg. 10.3% • 10 million tons per year • 44 million tons per year FIXED CARBON (ADB) • Ambre Energy Ltd., Arch Coal Inc. • 34.6% Westshore TOTAL SULPHUR (ADB) Terminals Port of Morrow • 0.2-0.3% • Boardman, Ore. • 30 million tons per year • 8 million tons per year • Ambre Energy 8 | Think Wyoming Prince Rupert Port Authority CANADA
Fraser Surrey Docks Westshore Gateway Pacific Terminal Terminals
Millennium Bulk Terminals Port of Morrow No. 2 Best Business Climate U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (2014)
Think Big Value-Added Mindset
yoming is laser-focused on exploring new and innovative ways to W add values to its raw materials. Through partnerships uncommon in other states but typical for Wyoming, researchers, legislators and industries work together to unearth new technologies. Examples include:
• The Hess Corporation has invested $25 million since 2013 in the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources. The partnership is designed to research the complex rock-fluid interactions that occur in the reservoirs of unconventional plays, increase the amount of oil and gas recovered from shale reservoirs and help meet the world’s future energy needs. Hess is the single largest corporate partner in the university’s history.
• Houston, Texas-based Baker Hughes Inc. has invested $1.5 million since 2012 in the School of Energy Resources. The company’s initial $500,000 donation went toward construction of the university’s High Bay Research Facility. Baker Hughes invested $1 million in 2015 to support research on unconventional oil and gas reservoirs in Wyoming.
10 | Think Wyoming Billions in Investments are Underway
Several large energy projects are on the horizon in Wyoming including:
• The 1,000-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project to be located south of Rawlins and Sinclair in south-central Wyoming. It will be the largest wind farm in the U.S.
• The TransWest Express transmission line from south of Rawlins to southern Nevada.
• The Integrated Test Center at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station coal-fired power plant north of Gillette, Wyoming, will provide a lab for carbon-capture research.
You Can Make it in Wyoming
Manufacturing companies are increasingly finding Wyoming to be the place to set up shop. Wyoming manufacturing employment grew 13.5 percent between December 2009 and March 2014. The statewide average industrial power rate is 6.70 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) (July 2015). The Mountain West regional average is 7.57 cents/kWh.
Manufacturing Sales Tax Exemption
The sales tax burden is exempt on the sale or lease of machinery to be used in the state of Wyoming directly and predominantly in manufacturing tangible personal property.
Sales Tax Exemption on Electricity Used in Manufacturing
The sales tax burden is exempt on sales of power or fuel to a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, processing or agriculture when the same is consumed directly in the manufacturing process.
Positive Regulatory Support
The state of Wyoming has worked hard to create a strong, efficient and sensible regulatory environment that reflects its commitment to energy and mining. In addition, many Wyoming companies take advantage of the industrial revenue bonds from the state. For more information about industrial revenue bonds, visit our website: wyomingbusiness.org.
Think Wyoming | 11 Wyoming Knows Energy
Wyoming has a reputation as one of the most natural resource- rich geographies in the world, and for good reason. It is the No. 1 American producer of coal, bentonite, trona (soda ash) and uranium.
It ranks second in rare earth minerals, fifth in natural gas production Wyoming Leads and eighth in crude oil production. In fact, an amazing 40 percent of U.S. coal is from Wyoming, as well as more than 50 percent of in Innovation uranium reserves. Wyoming mines are committed to the environment as demonstrated • Reclamation by award-winning reclamation projects. The Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Award is given by the Office of Surface Mining • Air and water quality Reclamation and Enforcement each year to “those responsible for the nation’s most outstanding achievements in environmentally sound • CO sequestration surface mining and reclamation.” Several Wyoming mines have won 2 this award since the program started in 1986. • Beneficial uses for CO2 and Integrated Test Center
12 | Think Wyoming Rich in Natural Resources
Coal Soda Ash (Trona) Crude Oil
• In 2014, Wyoming mines produced • In 2014, Wyoming soda ash production • In 2013, Wyoming crude oil production 392,751,713 tons of coal. This represented exceeded 17 million tons. totaled 63,232,000 barrels – up 9.5% 40% of the coal mined in the United from 2012. • Wyoming supplies 90% of the soda ash States. Wyoming produced more coal than used in the U.S. and has the largest world the next five largest coal-producing states: • In 2013, Wyoming crude oil produced deposits. Soda ash is Wyoming’s No. 1 2.3% of the total U.S. production. • Wyoming – 388 million tons international export. • Wyoming ranked 7th in production of • West Virginia – 112 million tons • The average price of a ton of soda ash in crude oil during 2013. • Kentucky – 77 million tons 2013 was $146.81. • In 2013, approximately 11,196 wells • Pennsylvania – 61 million tons • At the current rate of operation, produced oil, with an average daily • Illinois – 58 million tons Wyoming’s soda ash reserves will last more production of 16.7 barrels. than 2,000 years. • Montana – 45 million tons • 2013 crude oil reserves were 706 million • Average price for a ton of Powder River • Wyoming produces natural soda ash from barrels. Basin coal in September 2015 was $11. 4 trona mining and processing operations (all located in Sweetwater County): Tronox • At the beginning of 2013, Wyoming • Wyoming exports coal to more than 30 Ltd., OCI Wyoming LP, Tata Chemicals ranked 6th in the nation in proved reserves states throughout the nation. Ltd. and Solvay Chemicals Inc. of crude oil and 3rd in natural gas proved reserves. • Wyoming hosts nine of the top 10 • World soda ash consumption is expected producing mines in the nation. to increase nearly 34 percent by 2023. • Wyoming has led the nation in coal Natural Gas production since 1986. Bentonite • In 2013, Wyoming-marketed natural gas • On average, coal is mined at a rate of 12 sales totaled 1.888 trillion cubic feet. • In 2014, Wyoming produced 5 million tons per second, and 80 to 85 unit trains tons of bentonite. leave the Powder River Basin daily. • This production represented 7.4% of the natural gas produced in the U.S. • Wyoming leads the U.S. in bentonite production. • In 2013, Wyoming ranked 5th in Uranium marketed natural gas production • Wyoming has 70 percent of the world’s nationally. • In 2014, Wyoming produced 2.9 million known supply of bentonite. pounds of uranium. • In 2013, approximately 24,981 wells • Wyoming bentonite has unique produced natural gas. Of that, 11,153 • Wyoming has been the nation’s leading characteristics because of the presence of were coal-bed methane wells. Average daily producer of uranium ore since 1995. The sodium instead of calcium; it can swell up production per well was 203 MCFs. state accounted for approximately 65% of to 16 times its original size and absorb up U.S. production in 2014. to 10 times its weight in water. • In 2012, Wyoming produced enough natural gas to supply nearly 19 million • At $50 per pound for U308, Wyoming has homes for an entire year. 350 million pounds of recoverable reserves, or 52% of the recoverable reserves in the Rare Earth Minerals • Wyoming has 43 operating gas plants U.S. • Northeast Wyoming is home to one of processing nearly 87% of the state’s gas the highest grade rare earth deposits in the production. • Since 1991, all Wyoming uranium has world. The Bear Lodge Critical Rare Earth been recovered by the in-situ recovery • 2013 natural gas reserves were 31.63 Project is currently under development. (ISR) method. trillion cubic feet. • The mine is the most advanced rare earth • More than 13% of the world’s electricity development project in North America. is generated from uranium in nuclear The preliminary feasibility study was reactors. completed in 2014. • There are currently five uranium mines • Wyoming rare earth elements include, but in production in Wyoming, with four are not limited to: Scandium, Yttrium, operators. Lanathanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium. Think Wyoming | 13 No. 2 New Business Startup Activity Kauffman Index (2015) Diverse Tech Sector Emerges
The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center went online in 2012 in Cheyenne. The National Center for Atmospheric Research’s 1.5-petaflop Yellowstone Supercomputer is one of the world’s fastest big-data computers.
Thanks to the Wyoming-NCAR Alliance, a portion of the Yellowstone systems, about 75 million core-hours Think per year, is reserved for University of Wyoming-led projects in the atmospheric, earth system, geological and related sciences.
The $100 million project was funded with public, New private and federal facility monies. The supercomputing center served notice that Wyoming – with its low cost of doing business, ample Technology Center space and temperate climate – is the place to be for of the High Plains tech-related businesses. Microsoft began developing data centers west of Cheyenne in 2012 and has now invested nearly three- yoming isn’t just talking about diversifying its quarters of a billion dollars. economy and growing its technology sector into Other data-centric companies located or operating in a top industry in the state. Wyoming investments W Wyoming include: are creating results. • EchoStar Wyoming Unified Network • Green House Data The recently completed, $15.8 million, 100-gigabit, redundant, statewide network backbone known as the Wyoming Unified • Mountain West Network is a unique public-private effort to enhance educational opportunities, promote business growth, expand tele-health Technology Network services and improve quality of life, among other items. • Ptolemy Data Systems The project allowed the state to boost its education and government broadband capacity from 2.5 gigabits to 100. Schools have experienced a 40-fold increase in broadband Additionally, international safety science company capacity. Underwriters Laboratories expanded to Laramie in 2014 after researching 17 locations nationwide. The The network also presents opportunities for all of the service office houses UL’s technology development and support providers in Wyoming to improve existing connections and services for enterprise applications and global clients in services and bring connections to small, rural communities that the technology sector. normally wouldn’t warrant investment.
14 | Think Wyoming Ted Brummond, UW Photo Service Photo UW Brummond, Ted
Above Servers located at Green House Data in Cheyenne. Below University of Wyoming students work in the WPX Drilling Simulator Teaching Lab and the Shell 3-D Visualization Laboratory inside UW's Energy Innovation Center. Service Photo UW Megginson, Trice
Think Wyoming | 15 Crossroads of the West
Wyoming's advantageous geographic location and ample transportation infrastructure provide reliable access to and from communities statewide.
Three Interstate highways: I-80 (New Jersey to California) I-25 (New Mexico to Wyoming) I-90 (Massachusetts to Washington) 915 interstate miles cross Wyoming
16 | Think Wyoming 750-KM radius from geographic center
Airports in and near wyoming
Two class one railroads connect Wyoming to major markets.
There are 10 commercial airports in Wyoming, with final destination service to major cities around the world. Three major international airports abut the state in Billings, Montana; Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Think Wyoming | 17 The cover of the 2013-2014 No. 4 Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook features the historic Union Highest in Pacific Depot/Cheyenne Depot Well-Being Museum in the background and Depot Plaza in the foreground in Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (2014) downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming. The 8-foot-by-8-foot cowboy boot artwork was one of 19 painted by various artists in 2005; the boots were purchased by civic-minded businesses and displayed around town.
Think Quality of Life Local Accolades No. 1 State for Future Retirees Quality of Life National Institute on Retirement Security (2014)
uality of life makes a community worth living in: No. 1 Best State for comprehensive planning/visioning, cultural and Military Retirees Q recreational opportunities, adequate and affordable Wallet Hub (2014) housing, health care, good schools, police and fire protection and curb appeal.
Wyomingites enjoy boundless recreational and cultural No. 4 Lowest Poverty opportunities. Residents and visitors alike can even enjoy a day outdoors and a night on the town – all in the same day. Rate for Children U.S. Census Bureau (2013) Wyoming features two national parks, 12 state parks and five national forests along with plenty of open spaces to hunt, fish, bike, hike and climb. No. 3 Best State to
The state is also home to seven ski areas and resorts, from Make a Living Jackson Hole in the northwest corner to minutes from Laramie MoneyRates.com (2015) in the southeast. Arts and culture? Wyoming offers a wide array of Western- and No. 4 for Hardest urban-themed events throughout the state, from rodeos to galleries to symphonies to farmers markets to brew fests. Working City (Cheyenne) Wallet Hub (2015)
18 | Think Wyoming Top Riverton native Tyler Gilmore and band perform “A Rambling Stretch” tour at Central Wyoming College in Riverton.
Above Plein Air Festival at Jackson National Museum of Wildlife Art in June 2015.
Left University of Wyoming Vertical Dance duo performs on the side of the Asher Building in downtown Cheyenne in August 2015.
Think Wyoming | 19 No. 3 Per Capita Income Growth U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (2014) Think Small Investing in People
yoming recognizes what makes a well-run business W successful: Its people. Wyoming is in the enviable position of being able to invest in both its workforce of today and its workforce of tomorrow.
The state’s population has been growing at nearly twice the U.S. average the past five years, and its labor force is growing nearly six times as fast as the national average. This signals the availability of a solid labor force of skilled workers for businesses now and in the future. Low-Cost, High-Impact Education
There’s a reason Forbes magazine ranks the University of Wyoming No. 9 as a Best Value College.
In 2005, Wyoming legislators created the Hathaway Scholarship program for qualified students who graduate from Wyoming high schools. The initial $400 million endowment funds scholarships to attend the university and any of the state’s eight community colleges.
The program is designed to provide an incentive for Wyoming students to prepare for and pursue post-secondary education within the state of Wyoming. The program consists of four separate merit scholarships, each with specific eligibility requirements, and a need- based scholarship for eligible students that supplements the merit awards.
The university also maintains the UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers and Extension Service centers in all 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
20 | Think Wyoming Service Photo UW Brummond, Ted Research Centers of Excellence
The University of Wyoming’s $115 million Tier 1 Engineering Initiative, launched in 2012, is designed to lead the state’s only four-year public institution to the national forefront in education and research. The initiative includes industry partnerships and provides the added benefit of workforce and economic development. The Tier 1 reach includes the Science Initiative and Education Initiative at UW.
The UW School of Energy Resources partnered with the College of Engineering and Applied Science for facilities and investments to enhance education and research in the following areas: • Improved oil and gas recovery • Clean coal and gas to liquids • High-performance computational science and engineering • Oil and gas flow in unconventional reservoirs
*Additional centers of excellence will be developed in the future including research in critical water resources.
Tier 1 Initiative facilities constructed or currently under construction include:
• Energy Innovation Center: A $25 million public-private investment and home to the School of Energy Resources. It is a collaborative facility where students, researchers, academic professionals and industry partners can engage in solving challenges in the energy industry.
• Michael B. Enzi STEM Facility: A $50 million public investment. The facility provides 32 teaching laboratories equipped for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and computer science.
• NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center: $100 million public-private- federal investment. UW has enjoyed privileged access to the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s supercomputing center in Cheyenne since 2012. It’s one of the world’s fastest big-data computers.
• New Engineering Building: The new College of Engineering Building will be a learning and discovery continuum to promote innovation and creativity. It will offer an integrated approach to education and research by crystalizing the latest thinking from wide-ranging perspectives.
• High Bay Research Facility: A $50 million public-private investment. This facility will be equipped to carry out large-scale research and development to Graduate student Ying Wang works solve energy-related challenges. It will initially host studies and projects to improve in the Peabody Energy Advanced understanding in porous media, unconventional reservoir production and coal Coal Technology Laboratory inside conversion. University of Wyoming's Energy Innovation Center.
Think Wyoming | 21 No. 3 Highest Annual Increase in GDP Bureau of Economic Analysis (2014)
Think Global New Markets Overseas
tate and federal efforts to increase Wyoming exports have made a S profound impact on businesses’ bottom lines. Wyoming exports nearly doubled from 2010 to 2014 ($983 million to $1.8 billion respectively).
Wyoming’s top five export markets in 2014 were, in order, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan and Chile. The state’s top five export industries were, in order, chemicals, machinery, petroleum and coal products, oil and gas and minerals and ores.
A total of 452 companies exported from Wyoming locations in 2013. Of those, 332 (73.5 percent) were small- and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 500 employees.
22 | Think Wyoming Service Photo UW Brummond, Ted Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a significant role in supporting jobs in Wyoming. Majority- owned U.S. affiliates of foreign firms currently employ approximately 9,000 workers in Wyoming.
Twelve FDI projects have been announced in Wyoming since 2003 and, if completed at their announced levels, they would represent $371.5 million in capital investment. Projects, by industry, include chemicals; metals; industrial machinery, equipment and tools; coal, oil and natural gas, and financial services.
Manufacturing is the leading FDI industry sector in Wyoming with approximately 2,900 jobs in 2012.
Belgium, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UAE and Spain have all invested in Wyoming since 2008. Top countries investing in Wyoming include the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, France, the Netherlands and Germany.
Casper Foreign Trade Zone
The Casper/Natrona County International Airport, strategically located in central Wyoming, has an active foreign trade zone comprising 1,476 acres.
Any form of imported merchandise may be stored, packaged, assembled, manufactured, cleaned, sorted and graded in the foreign trade zone without the expense of customs duties or taxes.
The Casper/Natrona County International Airport is adjacent to a Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail spur and is minutes from Interstate 25. Additionally, approximately 30,000 linear feet of fiber optic cable was installed in and around the airport business park. The project included 30 drops to existing businesses, and the loops were strategically run to provide fiber connectivity for future developments.
International Students and Scholars
The University of Wyoming’s office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) annually serves more than 850 international students, 100 scholars and 200 international dependents. More than 90 countries are represented at the university.
The ISS supports the university’s goal to internationalize. The office partners with other university offices, departments and divisions to nurture the growth of an international community and to assist in the development of a campus environment that is responsive to their educational, intellectual and social needs. This includes assistance in adjusting to a new university, community, country and culture.
Additionally, the university’s International Resource Center provides opportunities for a variety of cross-cultural activities. The center includes a study lounge/meeting room, international publications, a student exchange library, satellite television and a computer lab.
Think Wyoming | 23 Office of Governor Matt Mead State Capitol 200 West 24th St. Cheyenne, WY 82002-0010 Phone: 307.777.7434 Fax: 307.632.3909 Visit: governor.wy.gov
State of Wyoming Legislature 213 State Capitol Cheyenne, WY 82002 Phone: 307.777.7881 Fax: 307.777.5466 Visit: legisweb.state.wy.us
Wyoming Business Council Phone: 307.777.2800 or 800.262.3425 Fax: 307.777.2837 Email: [email protected] 214 West 15th St. Cheyenne, WY 82002-0240 Visit: wyomingbusiness.org
Shawn Reese Wyoming Business Council Chief Executive Officer 307.777.2862 or [email protected]
About the Wyoming Business Council. Our mission is to increase Wyoming’s prosperity. We envision a Wyoming where industries are strong, diverse and expanding. Small business is a big deal. Communities have the highest quality of life. Wyoming is the technology center of the High Plains. Wyoming knows no boundaries. Please go to www.wyomingbusiness.org for more information.